The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for discounts to-day has been very moderate, and the quotations have not undergone any further change. In the Foreign Exchanges 'yesterday afternoon there was no material alteration. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £356,969, and the exports to £257,713, inclusive of £112,500 despatched to-day by the Oneida to the Brazils. The directors of the Union Bank of Australia have resolved upon a dividend of £2 per share, being at the rate of 8 per cent, for the half year. The pr os p ectus of " The Engl i sh end Foreign Library Company" has just been issued. The capital stock is set down. at £lOO,OOO, which it is proposed to raise in £lO shares. The object of this enterprise is to supply every English and foreign book of value to the public, without any reference to sect or party, and is to be conducted on sound commercial principles. The names which appear on the prospectus are a sufficient guarantee that such Rill be the case, one of them being that of the late gifted Mr. Thackeray—a fact in itself significant of the soundness of the project. The'specialty of this company appears to be that, in addition to the immediat e supply of general literature, every atten tion will b e directed to the maintenance of a scien tific department, available to the students of medi cine, en gineering, philology, and the mathematical an d Physical sciences ; and, further, the company propose to supply all foreign literature on the same liberal scale with which they deal out the English. The directors have made arrangements to start on the purch ase o f the stock and goodwill of Hookham ' s Library, . l5, Old Bond-street, which was established In 1764 ; and on these grounds they are of opinion that the investment is not only sure to eventuate M a liberal return for the capital invested, but that th e Profits will date from the immediate operations of the company. The traffic receipts on the Great Western Rail way of Canada, for the week ending the 25th ult., amounted to £11,858 12s. 7d., showing sn increase of £1,243 ss. Bd., when compared with the norres. ponding period last year. Two OCLOCK. The ma r k e t f or the English funds is ' decidedly flatter, and a very small amount of business has been transacted. Consols are 901 91 for money, and 911 1 for account. Foreign politics are creating Ft depressive influence. The New Threes and Re duced are 901 91 ; Exchequer Bills, ls. die. to 3s. Prem.; and India 5 per Cents., 10b1 d ; Bank Stock is 236 ; and India do., 215. There is very little business in the Foreign ',lerket t o -d ay, and prices in almost every instance have declined to some extent. Mexican have re ceded to 36 , 1 ; Greek to 231 1; Spanish Passive to 3 , 3 1 ; ditto Certificates to 131 ; Russian to 881 Co ' 9 .1; Turki s h 6 per Cents., 1862, to 671 ; ditto n es to 46 a solid' 47 1 • an d the Confederate Loan 18 38 40. age he dealings in the Railway Share Market have i, 4 b een very limited, and prices have in most / 4 , n anc ee shown less firmness. Great Eastern, North-Ellir6 aud Yorkshire, Brighton, Midland, each declined (Berwick), and South Eastern have ' lled 63 .1 and London and North Western, The Foreign and 1 /itho Colonial undertakings remain ut material change in values. at itte . • a nd Miscellaneous Shares are in some in /4112i7; at S lightly enhanced rates. London and 1 22• have improved to 55 551 ; City Bank, to to A k l4l Peri 1 Bank , to 241 1 ; and Oriental Bank, 11 - 1 1 89 ; M a auritit Credit shares are quoted 1 to I V 4 at: e 13 3.; Contract Corporation, 31 41 prem. ; Australian 4441 Shipping Company, 1 die. 1 prem.; and 3 Steam, 1- 4 - 2 prem. r, BRITISTI FUNDS — CLOSI NG PRICES' a vOyEB.NMENT Porrus. 91 1 P e r Cent. C onsols 901 11 91i it .. Ditto Account Feb. 4 New Cent. Reduced _9_l 9 1 01 1 Aew 3 per Cent. New 31 per Cent. Jan. 1891 New 3} per Cent. A.nnuities 6 Per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 .!... Ditto k e.nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. ! 1 5 880 5 for 30 yrs, exp i re sth April, 188 . _— itto (Red Sea Tele grap h ), Aug. 1908. Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1 870 Ditto 4 per C ent. 1888 — _ Di tto ditto April, 1864 Ditt o ditto Aug. 1864 or 6—_ pm Exch e quer Bills, £ l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cen t. 3 Ditto £6OO , Ditto • £lOO and £2OO c . r I__d_le ..ank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last h.. y . 235 Indi a lNniist GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 215 Stock, 1874 Ditto Account • e 106} 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent, 1883 Cent...... Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per .. --- Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 nkto bonds isl 000 Ditto under .£1,090 A an REIGN .. FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. "' t tistrie u t 0114 5 per Cent tra . , Ditto 1859 D 4 ' 144 6 Per Cent _ bltvttoo,4lB39 and 1859 881 i 87i 8 per Cent., 1852-58-60 _ 1314344 ' Y 'u r i e tt .l ° 6 per CenltB63 o(!?'tte £lOO Bonds C 1: 131bla n• 6 Scrip £5O pd _ ti N 6 l'er C t "11141161>er 4 Ditto 4i Cent. D anish Per Cent, --. b,,%.". 4 per ent., 1863 I , "•`c., 2 Cen t., Ex. 12 Guilders - 4,(luador Ne,,, Consolidated. , Ditto, Pro v i solitti o L li a d n a d te l d v . a l rra pe n r t Cent _ ti ptia u 7 , er , 101 i Dito, Second "cc.t Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1 .824-5, ex-Coupons 731 4 Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Ac count .. ; _- 1111atetoals. 6 per Cent talian 8 per Cent,(Mareinmana Railway) kexican 3 per Cent . —3" 1 1 Ditto Account .... ; 1 .... 14 oori eh Iraperia lb p .. er . . . Cent . . New Granada . 13i ............. Ditto 2 per dent . — Ditto Deferred . .., Ditto Land Ce n t . r erxxvian aper Cent. Ilitto Account Ditto li per ci n ' t ... .. . ....... -,, I) . ittaoli AO ee o nt. .. Cent......... ..... 851 Kea... ,___s per ,Ei 25f . tZ t to o S• 1084, jig paid ...................... _ pm Ditto Scrip (1863) X 42 gs . . ...... .......... pro Portuguese 3 per Cent 1853 P — Ditto Account " • ................... Ditto 3 per Cent , 1 856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto AcoolUlt ... .............. —__. Russian 6 per Cent. 1 822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent 'lB5O Ditto 1860 — Ditto 3 per Cent , 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 • • ISsrdinlan 6 per Cent . Ditto Account. . "°Penieh 3 per Cent . Ditto Account. eitt.bitto Passive • Jiitt o Account ...................... 33! o Account ... : bitto New Defer; ... ..... _ is Penish Cert. of Coup not funded AbittO Acaount .. . .7 ,w dish, 4 per Cent. DittDitto4urkish 6 per Cent. 11364 o Account .... ... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858' . Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds ..... 73i ,bitto6 per Cent. 1862 • ....' .... • Dit t o Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 - Ditto Ditt o Guaranteed 4 per Cent. ........ v De bentures:4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 e -Oittnezuela 3 per Cent. ................ o Account Ditto 6 per Cent 1862 .............. ~ Ditto Account A DiVidends on the above payable in London. ) - vut!i.n, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Drench 4 C t Ex. 25f. la,. ..,_, per en ~ Cent., 25f __ h 'WI Itentes 4i per Ex. .... —ileteb2i P er C ' ent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ 1 Ditto 4 Cent. Certificates ........ 1011 -4144 1, 6 Per Per Cent 1.861, Ex. 25 • francs.. Ditto „tr,..." 674 ............ ...) ... TWO O'CLOCK ou sels is Money ............... o Account ....... 90 i 1 '''' ...... .. 916 Z. verpoO-1 Cotton Market —This Day. fro 3 0r m ore inqui r y. S a l es, var i ously estima k ,0 to 5,000 b ales. ted • jtla-'l4 ALExANDIta CASE.—Wo are informed that k_gruwat will be given in the case of the Alexandra cn °lldaY, the lath Ludt. Shar, 'u sk I 20 stock stock stock 100 stook stook stock stook stock stock stock stock rook SHARE MARKETS,---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share Railways. raid. Closing Business Price. done. t 3.14. Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf., and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter 1 Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till 6p e.p an.has ibeen paid to B. Dublin .15 Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk B Bi 'Bl 8i 84 F 6 1201 1211 , , 7 7i Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st. GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an 4 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashlte & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., chef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dp shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do Nevi . 37 39 16 17 97 99 107 1(19 50 51 47 49 8 8i 127 128 132 133 134 136 98 100 65 65) 1104 111 73 74 108 110 431 444 107 1074 1014 10211 50 505 6.4.0 Do Birming. Sy Derby YEW. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent ...• Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, it Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle orth London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi ;Shropshire Union ;South Devon South Eastern South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton Darlington 19.16.4' Do . ... 431 50 Do New, 1886 Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dat West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 1321 65/ 110} 1081 44 1071 1 61 102 50 110 111 129 7291 la la 96 1.0 53 64 25 t 6 1031 104 i it 29Bi oi I i 1 1031 i Si 59i 901 1 95} f BRITISH P Railways A.tlantio & Si Lawrence Boxn.,Baroda&.Cent Inn Gu. kper cent........ Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Enron Do. Preferonoe Buffalo,Brant,&Godricli 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1,187 k Do. do. July 1, 187Zi Do. do. June 1, 16;•1 Clcutta. Eastn. (Lin,; Cape Town 4,- Dock Salt Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. t Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pr ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred.— r. Gt.lndtaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer - Do. New . •• • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 64 p. o. do. '77-8.. .. llndian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. It p. o. Extension De.4A d 0......•• Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. Melb. A Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Kortg. Bds. Newßrunswiek a Cando Class A and B. po lot t bds Soinde „ Do. Delhi Do. do •••• ct Do. Punjaub .... Do. Do. ........ Do. Influs.St. Flo. 59 80 90 91 120 125 1 2 p 78! 791 11 Ili 124 126 43 45 98 100 63 64 33 3i 95t 06 98 100 10 104 38 39 9k 10} co 74 8 p 158 NO 5 64 21 p 83 86 170 175 22 25 SIONS. Closing Prise. 60 l 2 104} l( 61, 6 1 p 6 1 61 6 80 si 102 IC4 101 103 106 107 1(54 1061 lIP i 1p 201 211 74 76 6) 62 67 6V 53 51 61 63 41 43 27 29 23 c 5 1061 1071 11 lfp 14 lip 1031 104 i 10 10i 11 10i, 93 95 86 88 * in 104 W 5 0 100 v 4 93 57 59 3 5 82 84 104 105 1031 104 i I IP 1031 lu4j 100 102 'T SECURITIES. COLONIAL (OVER: or. 6 p.c.J a .tcJ my 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. o.Mar. & Sept. Do. E p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.llope, 6 p 0.1873 Do.Ap & Oct. 18801 Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal GOP. 6 per cant.. I N.B.Gov. 6 pm. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct., N. S.W. Gov. 5 p Du. 5 p. c.,18/1 to 1'51( Do. d0.,1888 &upwd 9 New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling', 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6 p. C. IS. Aus G6p.e.187&& up.. I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July , Do. to time. A.D.,1,00t.. 102 104 103 105 103 105 91 )2 90 92 106 108 109 111 100 112 108 110 110 112 104 106 1(1 110 102 104 99 WO 99 100 99k 100 i tO7 109 100 100 100 100 100 tO3 105 1 109 111 109 111 le4 106 110 111 1101 I BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 I d uhtlord Amalgamated.. 365 375 37 Devon G.Con..(Tavist.) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 63 67 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd.. ss. 5d Par East Caradon 4.14.t) 27 28 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 74 8 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 555 GamASt.Aubye(Gwen ) 584 8 10 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 41 41 G. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 11 15 Grenville .. Remd's-Foot 8.12 87 39 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 25 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelart. 95 19 21 20 Matte Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim V; 14 1 d New Setun l9l 90 100 -• North Downs ll 15 2 N.Wh'i Bassetallozan 3.1.0 2i $ North Wheal Crotty Par Consols(St. Blaze),' Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 SoutliCaradon(St.Cleer, 15 425 t 35 S. Cans Brea (Illog - an) — z.i.W heal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 60 65 ,Stray Park 30.17.6 25 30 5 1 famar Silv.& Lead Min 45 k I fin Crort 9 19 195 - West Basset (Illogan). W Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 85 90 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLud( ott Wheal AlaryAnn(aen ) 8 12 125 Wheal 3eton . 585 150 160 154 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 22 23 235 Wheal Union 3.17 3 35 YREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 5 per cent. A stock, 108 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 101 Great Western, Chester 8 p.c. pt. stock, 170 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 90 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ditto, 86, PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, North London, 41t per cent., 21h LINES LEASED Al` FIXED RENTALS. East Lincoln, gua. 6 per cent., 139 Lancaster and Carlisle, 214 lb} London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Belgian Eastern Junction, Great Luxembourg, Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 19; San Paulo (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., 81 Ditto (ail), 201 FOREIGN MIMES. Cape Copper, Um., 7i I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon a= and Liverpool (Um.), 46i Ditto, new, 311 A.ustralasta, Ditto, new, 491 Bank of Egypt, 261 Bank of Queensland (Um), 15 Bank of New Zealand, 13 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 401 11 1 Ditto, new, 181 City, 122 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 English and Irish pm), 84 English and Swedish, lim., 4 European Bank, lira., 31 Imperial Bank (1im.),:21 Imperial Ottoman, 17/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 1 London and Brazilian (lim.), 55 1 London and County, 62 11 London and Westminster, 810 London Joint Stock, 19: f LOndon and South African, 27 Merchant Bank, lim 61 hletrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 23 Oriental Bank Corporation. 584 9 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi (lim. l , 61 1 Union of Ireland (Lim.), 20,1 Union of Loudon, 411 1 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 71 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18 1 Discount Corporation, limited, llf English and Australian Copper, 21 Gen. Crc dit and Finance of London, lim., 0/ a f Hudson's Bay, 171 1 International Financial Society, lim., 91 f Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 0 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 83 Joint •stock Discount, 6 71 London Finanoial Association, lira., 251 / 5 a National Discount Company, lim., 101 1 National Steam Navigation, Urn., 2N 12 Quettrada Land, Bail , and Mining, l im., 2 South Australian Land, 34 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um., 71 UuiverralMarine (ihn.) !nsuranee, 51 hod. Business done loai 51 TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET SELLING FIREWORKS TO THE SKATERS IN HYDE PARK. —Alfred Walker and Peter Pryor were charged before Mr. Knox with selling fireworks in Ilyde Park without a licence to do so. Thomas Deconcey, 540 A, proved seeing Pryor sell fire works. He then cautioned him, and directly after saw him sell one to a gentlemon. On taking him into custody he found 121 squibs upon him. Prisoner said he did not know he was doing anything wrong. Mr. Knox said he had rendered himself liable to a penalty of £5. The constable said there were a great many selling fire. works, and a great many letting them off. Mr. Knox said it must be stopped, and fined the prisoner 2s. 6d.—the fireworks to be detained by the police. Cleek, 171 A, proved seeing Walker sell some fireworks, but 'Walker denied this, and said he only went there to sell links. The constable said that what he had stated was the truth, Mr. Knox fined the prisoner ss. or three days. THAMES, The effects of the cold weather, and the cessation of the Christmas festivities, together with the abandonment of many works which had been going on before the frost set in, and the consequent diminution of employment, has caused a great decrease in the night charg es. Yesterda y m orning there were only three night charge s from the H and K divisions, and this morning nine. The Thames division did not bring any cases. The population of the dis trict, including the labourers and the seamen in the docks and on the river, amounts to half a million. The magistrate did not get through the business of the court until 8 o'clock on Thursday evening, and was on the bench 10 hours. Yes terday was a light day, and this day promises to be the same. MURDEROUS AFFRAY.— Florence Macarthy and John Murphy, the first a very tall man, the other a stout fellow, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with commit ting a savage assault on John Lyon, and severely wound ing him with a hammer. The three men are natives of Ireland, and they all lived, up to last night, at No. 13, Lambeth-street, AV hitechapel. The prosecutor, whose head was enveloped in surgical bandages, said that last night the prisoners were intoxicated and making a disturbance. They deliberately pushed open his door and made a violent assault upon him and his wife and family. He was forced on his bed and nearly strangled. He got them out of his room, and Macarthy broke his window shutters. He was going out to look for a police constable, when prisoner attacked him again, and Macarthy went into his room, brought out a hammer, and struck him three blows on the head and one on the shoulder. He fell, and was rendered insensible. He lost a large quantity of blood, and the blows he received made him stupid. Sophia Lyon, the wife of the prosecutor, and his daughter, who had been violently assaulted, gave evidence to the same effect. Samuel Richardson, 219 H, who was very ill, took Macarthy into custody. The prisoner raised his leg to make at him, but as he was close to him the prisoner's knee caught him in a vital part, and caused him serious and he was afraid permanent injury. Mr. Partridge—l shall couanit both prisoners for trial. They will be brought ur again at 3 o'clock to hear the evidence of the surgeon, who must attend, WESTMINSTER. ROBBERY AT WESTMINSTER ABRET.—John Donnelly and James Donnelly, brothers, both under 30 years of age, said to be two well-known thieves, were charged with steal ing two copper-wire guards from the stained-glass windows at Westminster Abbey, the property of the Dean and Chap ter of Westminster, and said to be worth £8 or £9. Frederick Cooper, watchman at the Cathedral, said that the wire was fixed over the stained-glass window on the north side of the sacred edifice. About eight o'clock yes terday evening witness's attention was drawn to a noise outside. He gave the alarm to the constable on duty in Dean's-yard, and, with a bricklayer, they proceeded to the part from whence the noise came. The two prisoners were there found concealed, and, after a smart chase, taken into custody. _ _ _ Robert White, police constable 100 B, said that he got the alarm and pursued the prisoners, one of whom he caught, but being outside and the man inside he failed to hold him through the railings. George Hedger, a bricklayer, said that the witness Cooper called him to assist him. Ho climbed over the railings, and in pursuing the prisoners fell over the wire, winch was lying on the ground, at the same instant the two prisoners jumped from behind a buttress by the window, where the wire was detached, Witness pursued but failed to catch the prisoners. Police-constables Postern, 284 A, and Hayeman, 267 B, proved that they apprehended the prisoners while endea vouring to escape over the Abbey railings. When brought to the station John Donnelly said, " Yaven't got us this time, we were only attempting." .. _, . . Mr. Humphreys, in inspector of police, said the prisoners were well-known in Lancashire and Stafford for this same kind of offence, and Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoners till Friday next to enable the inspector to make diligent inquiry respecting them. MARKETS—This Day. rARDEN. our market to-day was very at higher rates. The fol- ions : s. d. Mulberries,pr pt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, punt) oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 6to 1 9 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb D oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .• 0 oto 0 0 Peache5.......... D oto 0 0 Currants, per li.sv C oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 .BLEB. Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Beet, per doz. 00to 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 0 Small salad, p. pi, 0 )to 0 o Mushrooms,p ptl. )to 0 0 Artichokes, each 0 )to 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 )to 0 0 Mint and savory..o )to 0 0 Endive, per score 0 )to 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 Cto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 6 Seakale, per bun. 1 3to 2 6 FORECASTS OF STORMS. M. Coulvier-Gravier, like Marshal Vaillant does not appear to have any faith in the present system of predicting storms by simultaneous obser vations of the barometer at different stations, a system organised in England by Admiral Fitz roy, and now adopted in the Paris Observaiory. In a note recently published, he says is imagined by observing barometrical altitudes at a multitude of stations, gales and hurricanes may be avoided ; all this being founded on a theory which becomes more than hypothetical when it is con sidered that these terrible meteors occur as well when the barometer rises as well as with those from the south. This was the case, for instance, inthe tem pests of Oct. 5, 1852, and of May 16, 1853. More over, to understand all the defects of the system, we need only cast a glance at an article of the Journal du Havre, inserted i❑ the Moniteur of the 21st and in an article of the 22d of the same month, showing the extraordinary number of casualties on the coasts of France which occurred during a decade of that month when the system was in full opera tion. According to this same system, must not the storm break out somewhere, in order to he able to warn the neighbouring localities or countries ? What will then become of the services the country Lea a right to expect when the tempest comes upon us directly from the sea, and we are deprived of electric communication to announce its approach ? And, lastly, what service does it render to a ship at sea, which, being deprived of telegraphic corn_ munications, and therefore of warnings, might per haps, in less than 48 hours, had she received a warn ing, or by observations on board, have escaped the danger."—We confess we do not see the force of most of these arguments. That the system is im perfect, and cannot perform all that might be desirable, but might also be impossible, we all know; but it is not the less a step in the right direction, and certainly better than nothing. Charge of Murder and Piracy on the High Sea, BOW-STREET—(Tuts DAY). This morning the ten seamen, charged with the above serious offence, were placed at the bar before Mr. Henry. The Eames of tha prisoners are John Lyons, a Malay, Borcelia la Santo, Moratio Duran°, and Francisco Palirodo, • Manilla men, Frank Power, a Spaniard, Marco Varto, a native of the lonian Islands, Marciliano de Lacroix, a Greek, Miguel Lopez, a Malay, George Carlos, and John Williams. L 3 ons is said to have been the ringleader in the crimes with which they are charged. Mr. Welsby said he had the honour to appear from the Treasury to prosecute charges against the ten prisoners for the murder of six persons, fur piracy, and also for the wilful destruction of the ship Flowery Land. They formed a portion of the crew of the vessel, and amongst whom were Mr. Carswell, first mate, Taffer, second mate, a Chinese, name unknown, a Frenchman named Canderot, a boy, the lamp trimmer, Anderson, the ship's carpenter, and the steward; but he could not tell the exact number of the whole. Mr. Henry—l suppose they all signed articles before they went on board. Mr. Welsby—Yes. The ship Flowery Land sailed from London for a voyage to Singapore, under the command of Captain George Smith. After a short time there were some complaints about the prisoners being lazy, and they on their side made some trivial charges, but they were in stantly redressed. On Sept. 10, the boy, whom he should call as a witness, and the two men who occupied the house on deck with him were aroused in their beds by hearing a great disturbance on deck, and one of them, the lad Early, went forward to ascertain what was the cause of the disturbance, when the first thing that met his view was the body of the captain's brother lying dead by the companion ladder. They afterwards found the dead body of the captain in his cabin, and the lad would be able to identify some of the prisoners who were then present in the cabin. The prisoners had subsequently murdered the first mate, and the steward, whom they had compelled to take to one of the boats, was so pelted with missiles that the craft went over, and he was drowned, as it was supposed, as nothing had ever since been heard orhim. They afterwards scuttled the ship, and at the time the vessel was being wilfully destroyed the cook and lamp trimmer were known to be on board, and as the prisoners refused all escape to them, it was supposed—and there un fortunately appeared to be little doubt in the matter—,hat the illfated individuals went down with the ship. Mr. Henry—Where did this take place ? Mr. Welsby—lt was not known for certain, but it was within seven days sail of Monte Video. When the pri soners, with Early and Taffer, the second mate, got to Monte Video, the boy and the second mate made their escape, and they wandered about for more than 20 miles inland before they could meet with any person to whom they could communicate the horrible tragedy. Fortunately the boy Early met a person to whom he was able to com municate the affair, and the authorities at Monte Video having instantly been made aware of the transaction,a guard was immediately sent out and the whole of the prisoners were secured. On the present occasion he should only call ono or two of the witnesses who were examined before the Naval Court at Monte Video, with a view of asking for a remand. He should prove that the prisoners were all on board the ship at the time the murders were committed, and when the proper witnesses were in attendance he should establish the case clearly against the whole of them. He should have proceeded fur ther that day, but when he informed the bench that two of the witnesses and three of the prisoners only arrived last night from Liverpool, he felt the course he proposed to adopt would be quite sufficient for his worship to grant him a remand. Mr. Henry—Quite sufficient. Mr. Welaby then called the following witness : James Early, an intelligent lad, who said—l am 17 years old. I shipped on board the vessel Flowery Laud as ship's boy in July last. All the prisoners formed part of the crew. They shipped from the Wells-street Home. I remember being on the look out on the forecastle on the 10th of September, and also hearing the chief mate singing out. His name was Carswill. I saw Moratio Durand strike him with a handspike. I did not see any other men then strike, but the mate told me to go and speak to the captain. When I returned I saw Durano striking the mate again, and the mate told me to go and tell the captain. I was going to do so, when Durano told me to go into the house on dock. I and the carpenter and the Frenchmen lived there. I went and told the carpenter they had killed the mate on deck. I was in the house about three quarters of an hour. Marco Varto came and called the Frenchman out of his bed. Varto had a capstan bar in his hand, he told the Frenchman to come and take the wheel. I remained in the house with the carpenter the whole of the night, and did not go on deck. The Frenchman did not want to go to the wheel, as it was not four o'clock, but Marco forced him on deck. He threatened the Frenchman if he did not go. I don't recollect what he said. The French man went. When I and the carpenter went on deck, about half-past 5, we found a quantity of blood about the poop. I ran down into the cabin and saw the captain's body lying dead, wrapped up in canvas. The second mate was sitting in the cabin crying, and Lyons was also present. The second mate asked what they were going to do to him. Lopez, otherwise Joseph Chances, and some others of the prisoners, wore also in the cabin. Lopez fas tened a rope round the captain's body, and sang out to those on deck to pull up. The body was hauled up and thrown overboard. I got to land at a place called St. Mary's. I, Taffer, and Candorot went ,before the Naval Court at Monte Video. We were all sworn. The prisoners were present. I made a state ment, and signed it. Mr. Henry—Was the statement made in English ? Witness—Yes, and it was translated to the prisoners. I came to England by the Parana mail steamer. Anderson also came by the same ship, which also brought five of the prisoners, viz., Marco Varto, Williams, Carlos, Marciliano, and Joseph Chances, or Lopez. Mr. Henry (through the interpreter) asked the prisoners whether they wished to put any question to the witness. Blanco said there was enough of lies in the boy's state ment. All the prisoners were asked if they spoke English. They replied "No," but it was evident that they did not speak the truth. Mr. Welaby said that was as far as he intended to pro ceed that day ; and he had now to apply for a remand. Mr. Henry at once remanded all the prisoners till Wed nesday neat. TREASURES AT ONE'S BANKER'S.—The money, bullion, plate, jewellery, deeds, law instruments, and other invaluables of depositors are, at least, of some importance to themselves, who number thousands. Besides, public confidence, the growth of many centuries, suffers a sudden shock, very mischievous to all parties, when one of these parties come to grief; life preservers, strong boxes, bars and bolts, insurance companies, and safeguards against fire go up to a premium ; and even those who do not directly share in the calamity, button up their breeches' pockets against the convenience a banker would afford them ; whilst those who go on trusting sleep the worse for it in their beds at night. Twenty-four millions are thus disposed of among the twenty banks of Scotland only, where the system flourishes certainly in luxuriance. The thrifty habits of the North Briton have urged him to devise a means of ad vantageously disposing of the fruits of his economy; so that the common opinion, that the institution of deposit banks fosters careful habits among the people of Scotland, is taking the stick by the wrong end. However, to be one of those whose savings go to make up the million which at this figure is somewhat less than the treasure in the keep ing of but ono of these institutions, makes even a Scotch man nervous when ideas of a banker's insolvency enter his head.—Once a Week. DIE EMPEROR'S LANDING AT GENOA.—M. Guidin's remarkable picture of the Emperor's land ing at Genoa in 1859, just •before the commencement of the memorable Italian campaign, which is still on view at his atelier, No. 20, Rue Balza°, Is in every way worthy of this eminent artist's reputation. The colour is wonderful, and the general style reminds one of Turner, but without any of Turner's extravagance. The water is admirably depicted; you cAu almost see it rippling against the bows of the ships, dressed with myriads of flags and crowded with thousands of cheering spectators. The mist hangs over the mountains in the distance, while the broad glare of the Italian sky sparkles the water in the foreground—the centre of which is occupied by the Emperor in his State barge. The whole picture is full of power, life, and ani. mation. It would be difficult to conceive a more splendid rendering of a splendid scene.—Galignani. RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR WAKEFIELD.—The express from London, due in Leeds at 10.15, was two hours and a half late on Thursday night, in consequence of having run into another train in the neighbourhood of Wakefield. The particulars of the accident have not reached us, but wo believe that the engineman and fireman in charge of one of the trains were rather severely injured. —Leeds Mercury, Collodion in Inflammations, The Unton Medicale publishes a letter from Dr. Benoist, of Nieuville (Vienna), in which he describes a most curious and valuable application of collo dion, founded on the theory that inflammations are promoted, and fed, as it were, by the ambient air. Collodion, it is well known, is perfectly impene trable both to water and air, and hence a coating of collodion laid on the skin with a brush effectually excludes the air from it. We subjoin some of the results obtained by Dr. Benoist. A man of 45, generally in the enjoyment of perfect health, was attacked with phiegmonious erysipelas which spread ever the hand and forearm. In the course of six hours these two parts had lNcome nearly double in size, and their surface was covered with phlyctmaas or watery pimples. The whole in flamed part immediately received a coating of collodion, and on the following day the diminu tion of the swelling became apparent by the collodion being separated from the skin, and having the appearance of an empty shell I Three days later, the man returned to his work perfectly recovered. A few months after the same affection returned to the same place, but this time accom panied with fever ; collodion was again applied, and with the same success. In a second case the inflam mation and swelling were produced by a thorn, and the tumefaction was so great that the thorn could not be got at. The swelling disappeared as if by enchantment under a coating of collodion, and the thorn was afterwards extracted by means of an incision. In a third case, that of a youth of 16, diffused phlemons were complicated with rheumatism in the joints and typhus fever. The illness was long and severe; and had not the phlegmons been conquered by the application of collodions, the patient would most probably have died. In a fourth case erratic erysipelas was the affection and it yielded to the same application ; but collodion proved ineffectual in an inflammation of the bursae museosse of the knee-joint, where it be came necessary to employ emollient poultices, and to open the way to suppuration by incision. The fifth case was that of a woman aged 32, who was attacked with a peritonitis in consequence of her having been jolted for a long time in a cart on an excessively uneven road. The inflammation ex tended all over the region of the peritonmum, not withstanding the application of leeches and opening a vein ; at last collodion was resorted to, and the effect was astonishing. In a few hours all the symp toms disappeared. But before the patient was entire recovered, she had the imprudence to pick off the collodion by bits, and immediately the inflam mation reappeared. Collodion was, however, im mediately reapplied, and with definitive success. IMPERIAL SKATING SCENE. Near the bridge of Suresne, and not far from the villa of the Prefect of the Seine, is a smooth pond, so shallow as not to wet one above the knee, should any misadventure happen, and upon which, some two years ago, when a short frost sot in, the Em peror and Empress went two or three times to skate and even gave a torchlight representation of that amusement. Thither the laughing party repaired, having been summoned, in fact, by en Imperial invitation ; they were soon joined by the Emperor, the Empress. and Prince Imperial, together with a few favoured intimates. The whole party . were costume (for that is the only word which can pro perly be applied) for the occasion, many of the ladies wearing a tasteful sort of velvet short dress or Polonaise, not reaching as far as the ankles, end which, in several cases, were trimmed with magnificent sable furs: Collars, cuffs, and small muffs, attached by a cord round the neck, of the same costly fur, corresponded with the trimming 3n the skirt. The Empress herself wore this style of costume, with which Polish boots, edged with fur and tassels, showed off her small and well-formed feet and ankles. A velvet cap, edged with zhibel line, and have an aigrette, fastened with a diamond stud on one side, was coquettishly placed on her head. Next to the Empress, Mrs. Moulton was the person who best carried off this stylish dress, and so his Majesty appeared to think when he took her hand in his, and performed with the fair song stress, who delighted all ears last winter, some of the most difficult passes or figures known to accom plished skaters. The Emperor skates well, though he is growing rather too stout for this amusement, and evidently does it with ease and enjoyment, while the Empress, who seems very desirous of excelling, is a very timid skater, and was all the time supported on either side by a dexterous cava lier. A species of chair-sledge, cf an elegant form, was standing by for her Msjesty's use when she should require rest, but this she for a long time refused to avail herself of, the Emperor gal lantly wheeling about in it the lady he had last been skating with. A bonfire had been made close by the edge of the water, to which, from time to time, some the party rushed, and then began the sport anew with redoubled vigour. The whole scene was gay and fantastic, and unlike anything seen in Paris habitually. It was said that, last night, there was a select party on the ice by torchlight, when the Emperor and Empress gave " punch" to all the guests, but no particulars have yet confirmed the fact. All the dresses weze new, and made for the special occasion, which argues not a little for the luxe and love of expense so prevalent at this moment in Paris. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE E NSUI NG WEEK.-111onday—Geographica, at 81 " Mus takh Glacier," Captain Austin; "Report on Non-Auri ferous Character of West Australia," Mr. Hargraves. Tuesday—Syro-Egyptian, at 7i : " Manetho's Lists of Kings, and Tabled of Abydos," Mr. Sharpe ; Ethnologienl, at 8: "British God Mogon," &c., Mr, Hall; "Tribes of Valley of the Amazons," Mr. Markham ; Engineers, at 8 : Address by President; "Closing of Reclamation Banks," Mr. lleppel ; Zoological, at 2 : " Birds collected in Damara Land," Mr. Gurney ; " Oysters from North America," Mr. Buckland. Wednesday—Microscopical, at 8 ; Graphic, at 8 ; British Archne )logical, at 81. Thursday—Royal Academy, at 8: "Architecture ," Professor Smirke ; Anti quaries, at 8 ; Royal, at 81.—Athenceunt. ASCOT, 1864.-11 e Ascot Gold. Cup h a s closed with 31 subscribers, including 11 sealed up nominations, which are to be opened after the running of the Oaks caroni. Lerd Clilden's name appears among the entries, but Ma's is, no doubt ono of the " sealed up" lot of Mr. Naylor, who has four nominations, The New Stakes has 68 subscribers 110 9k IC2I COVENT The supply of produce 'at small. The trade ruled firmer lowing are the leading quotatil YR U: s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 5 oto 10 0 Foreign do. ' 1 oto 2 6 Melons .... Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hi-sv. 2 6to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 6to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Gooseberries ht eve° oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 ?EGET. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto b 01 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 6 Rod ditt0........ 1 6So 3 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 1 oto 2 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 0 Bto 1 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 110 0 New ditto, pr lb ..0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 6 Carrots,pr d 0.... 4 6to 6 6 Cucumbers ...... 0 oto 0 o Garlic, per lb .• 0 6to 0 8 Sorrel, per sieve 0 o to 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 o to 6 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn. • New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 o Spinach .• 0 to 0 e Turnip radishes 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 106 6d; geese, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, 4s Od to 5s 6d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 14s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to 45 Od. ; partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; woodcocks, Os to 2s 6d ; snipes, Os to Os 9d; teal, is 6d to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to Os Od; widgeons, is 3d to Os Od; plovers, is Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os Ild to is Id ; English, is Id to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 14s Od ; French do., 10s Od to 12s Od per 100 ; leverets , Os Od to 2s Od ; grouse, Os Od to 26 3d. _ BILLING SOATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os • pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, Od to 20s ; cod, is Od to 15s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to Gs Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is Gd ; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; s ol es, is to 3 s Od per pair ; common oysters, 10a to 25s ; natives, 65s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 5s ; haddocks, 9s to 18s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; Bounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 6d to 48 8d ; mutton, 48 Od to 5s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and pork, 4s 2d to 5s Od per Bibs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 33 4s 2d to 5s Od ;4d 4 a to nd pork, 3s 10d to 58 Od d per 81bs by the s 6cl; mutton, 3s to 5s Od; veal, carcase. NAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to a lOs Od ; and straw, 41 68 to £1 10s per load. Supply limited. C s to hay, L 3 Os to DA 126()lover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Ocl ; and straw, X 1 Gs to £1 10s per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £1 Os to £5 128 6d ; and straw, 168 to £1 lOs per load. A good demand. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Sid to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 3, 4 ,d ; 641 b to 721 b, to 3/d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 3/d ; 881 b to 961 b, 33d to 4d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4/d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 108 Od to 12s Od ; half-breds, 8s 6d to lOs (d ; Downs, 6s 6d to 8s 3d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; sileallings, Os Od to Os Od. A MAN SHOT.—We regret to record a fatal ace i dent at a pigeon shooting at Preston, on Tuesday, near Brighton, A considerable number of persons had congregated, and, as usual, there were a great many who are termed outscouts, not immediately engaged in the match. After the shooting had been going on some time a young man, of the name of Oakes, one of the outscouts, seeing a dog about to pick up a bird, struck at the animal with the butt of his gun, holding the muzzle in his hand, when the gun exploded owing to the jar, and the contents of the loaded barrel lodged in his chest, and he died from the effect of the accident in about ten minutes. We understand that deceased was either a marine-store dealer or kept a coal. shed at the back of the Graad Parade. He was a single man,—East Sussex News, AT HOME AT THE ANTIPODES. I SECOND EDITIO Somes of our shops would do credit to the best trade thoroughfares of London, and in them is to be found every novelty, within two months of its appearance in England Between 4,000 and 5,000 of us are volunteers—artillery, cavalry, engineers, rifles, and naval brigade—and we are about as efficient, and have about as great an idea of our 'military appearance and talent as you fellows who volunteer in England. We have our reviews and our annual encamp ments on the AVerribee plains, near Geelong; and we are told by our inspecting officers that " they never saw regular troops execute," &c. So that, altogether, we glorify our selves as you do. Besides volunteering our youth arc wont to invigorate themselves with cricket, football, and all the other games in which young England delights. Cricket is exceedingly popular among us; witness cur match with the All England Eleven, and their second visit to us, shortly to be made. We are a charity pecple too. The chief public establishments in this way are the Benevolent Asylum, the Hospital, and the Yarra Bend (so called from being prettily situated at a bend of the river Yarra) Lunatic Asylum. There are plenty of other hospitals and the like in different parts of the colony. Having a proper regard to appear ances, we have decorated our city with some very fine pub lic buildings. Our treasury, club-house, and acme of our banks, are very handsome, as are also many of our mer chants' stores or warehouses. The Houses of Parliament, the new Post-office, the University, and the Public Library, will be, when completed, creditable to our architects. People who come out to this other England with rather green ideas about " life in the bush," and so on, are amazed when they find what manner of place Melbourne is. As to our means of communication, we really do not paddle from harbour to harbour, and up and down rivers in canoes, or make overland journeys entirely on foot or on horseback; but we have plenty of good steamers, coaches, and railways, and some flue engineering works connected with the last. There is a complete system of telegraphic communication within and between the different colonies. Melbourne streets aro noisy with Hansoms and omnibuses, but the principal vehicle for passenger traffic is what is known as the low-backed car. This vehicle contains two seats, run ning, not fore and aft, but athwartships, accommodates five besides the driver, has a light roof with curtains in case of need, and is drawn by a single horse. There was a very good specimen of one of these cars in the last Exhibition. Most people who come out appear at first to look upon themselves as a superior race of beings, and qualified to in struct us on many points. A " new chum," as recent arrivals are called, is known at ones by the "old hands." His elegant saunter, his very new clothes, and his air of affability and patronage, mark him out unmistakably. But the new chum, like the Indian gruff, is soon brought to his level, and soon becomes qualified to instruct his friends, on his return home, as to the real state of things in the England tar away over the watere.—Dickens' s"All the Year Round." THE PRISON MINISTERS BILL AND TOWN COUNCILS. — The question of how far a Town Coun cil is empowered to interfere in the case of an appointment by borough magistrates of a Catholic chaplain to the borough gaol was the subject of an animated discussion yesterday at the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council. The case is that of the Rev. James Nugent, who was recently appointed by the borough magistrates Catholic chaplain of the Liver pool Borough Gaol, at a salary of £3OO per annum, which sum has to be paid by the Town Council. In some corre spondence between the Recorder and the Honig Secretary the latter has stated that the Town Council have no power of reviaw ; but, not satisfied with this decision, the Council, at their meeting yesterday, instructed the Town Clerk to obtain counsel's opinion upon the subject. A DERELICT VESSEL SECURED.—A large dis masted vessel, supposed to be derelict, had been repeatedly seen floating between the Scilly Isles and the main land. On Tuesday some of the pilots from Scilly again descried the ship and determined to board her. They did so, and found that she was the brig Minna, of Hanover, about 300 tons register, laden with deals. No living creature was on board, and it is conjectured that the Minna, being dis tressed, was abandoned by her crew, the fate of whom is not known. The brig, it is believed, was outward bound. The pilots, "after much labour, succeeded in towing the Minna to land at Scilly, and on Tuesday evening Lloyd's agent at PenzAnce, W. D. Matthews, Esq., received infor mation of the circumstance. Mrs. Butt, the wife of Mr. Butt, auctioneer, Sheffield, was garotted about nine o'clock, on Tuesday evening as she was returning from the town, and when within a short distance of home. She was followed and attacked by three men, one of whom threw his arm round her neck and held her tightly until the others broke her watch-guard and possessed themselves of both watch and chain. One of the scamps then struck Mrs. Butt a violent blow on the face, knocking her down and breaking several of her teeth.-ellanchesiter Guardia*. OUTRAGES ON THE YORKSHIRE HOLDS.-In addition to the alarm experienced from the fre quent incendiary fires the Wold farmers seem to be threat ened with the additional danger of burglars. On Monday night Mr. Pinder, of Linton Wold, was aroused by an alarm of " A man in the house l" Mr. Pinder at once proceeded to the dairy, armed with a revolver, where he found a man looking through the window. Although in his nightdress, Mr Pinder, after assuring himself that the man was not the watchman from the stackyard, gave chase, and on the fellow refusing to obey the summons to stop, fired at him, and, judging by the blood left on the ground, hit him. The shot, however, did not hinder the burglar, or whatever he was, from escaping into the darkness. The adventures of the night were, however, not at an end. Early on Tuesday morning the servants, who were astir early, were alarmed by a man looking through the kitchen window. This fellow, finding they were giving a second alarm, fired a gun into the house, smashing the glass of the window to atoms. This second nocturnal visitor is believed to have been an other man. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights the visit of these marauders were repeated, but, as Mr. Pinder and all his men were astir, the ruffians had no chance of opera tion, and it is to be regretted that, favoured , by the dark ness, they have contrived to elude pursuit in each case. On Thursday Mr. Pinder gave notice of these strange events to the police. The watchman at the stackyard, some dis tance from the house, heard nothing. DR. CULLEN ON " MIXED MARRIAGES."-D:. Cullen has issued a letter to the priests under his jutisdiction, giving them instructions how to act under the new law relating to the registration of marriages in Ireland. In the course of his letter he says :-" As to mixed mar riages, or marriages between Protestants and Catholics, you are to use all your influence to prevent them. Though when they take place they are valid, and, notwithstanding civil enactments to the contrary, bind in conscience ; yet the Church condemns them as detestable "and abominable, and they are generally the occasion of the greatest evils, both as regards the happiness of the parties, and the practice of religion, as well as the Christian education of children. Such marriages cannot be allowed in any case, unless by pontifical authority, and even when a dispensation is granted, no sacred rite can be performeed by the priest when the contract is entered into. * * * Any marriage contracted between two Catholics without the presence of the parish priest of either party, or another priest properly deputed, is a clandes ine marriage, and as such, since the publication of the decree of the Council of Trent, is null and void in the sight of God. Hence all marriages contracted in this country by two Catholics before registered or Pro testant ministers have no force in the sight of God ; and all who live in such marriages remain in a state of concubin age ; they are bound to separate or take measures to be properly married. In the diocese all Catholics who attempt a clandestine marriage, as well as the persons who officiate at it, and the a finesses, are excommunicated ipso facto. Hence the faithful will easily understand how carefully they should avoid such invalid marriages, lest, by contract ing them, they bring on themselves the maledictions of Heaven, instead of the blessings of religion." PLANETARY THEORY.-11 is well known that there exists between the distances of the planets iram the Sun a certain arithmetical relation constituting the irregularly increasing series 4,7, 10, 16, 52, 100, 196, 388, and that the reason why astronomers decided that there must be some unknown planet between Mars and Jupiter was, that this series, commonly called Bode's law, from its discoverer, presents a singular interruption between 16 and 52, the terms correspond in g to those two planets. Whether correct or not, this law led observers to look for the missing planet, and the result has been, as we all know, the discovery of 78 telescopic planets, the mean distance of all these being very nearly the missing term in Bade's series, viz., 28. But now comes the fact that the real distances of the planets do not in any instance exactly agree with the terms of ,Bode's law, the actual distances being in integer 4,7, 10, 15, 27, 52, 95, 192, and 300 . The immense differ s ence of 88 between the teal distances of Uranus and its theo retical one, which is 383, ought to have led astronomers to suppose, as is the case with Mars and Jupiter, that there must exist an unknown planet, or a belt of asteroids between Uranus and Neptune ; but this is not the case, and all their efforts have been hitherto directed towards finding a law or series which may agree better with actual fact a than Bode's law. Thus, at the last meeting of the British Association, Mr. R. S. Brown proposed a series which reduces Neptune's difference to 55, but which on the other hand produces much more divergent terms for the other planets I and in the Philosophical Illagaune we now find a paper by Mr. EaVansittart Neale, in which the author endeavours to grapple with the difficulty, by dividing the planet into two groups; the first commencing with Venus, and the second with Jupiter. The series of the first group is then made by multiplying 2 by 3,6, and 12 successively, giving the numbers 2,6, 12, `2l; the serious of the second group is obtained by multiplying the last term 21 by 3,6, and 12, which gives the series 24, 72, 144, 288. In this hypothesis we must now add to each term of the first group the theoretical distance of Mercury, which is 2; and to each terra of the second group the same number '2, and then 24, whereby the whole series becomes 2,4, 8, 11, 26, 50 93, 170, and 311. Comparing these numbers with the actual distances given above, we do not see that much is gained; for although in the case of Neptune the difference is reduced to 14, great discrepancies exist between the first terms, which on the other hand Pre very nearly given by Bede' s ►SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Bth.—M. Ewers, the Russian En voy Extraordinary, and Lord Wodehouse, leave this evening. The King is expected to return to morrow. M. Qaaade retains ;the post of Danish Ambassador at Berlin, and has only accepted the portfolio of Foreign Affairs pror,l9ionally. D _EA it, ‘k). R SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BERLIN, Bth.—A deepatch from Warsaw of the • 7th mentions that a report from the civil governor, M. Laezinski, was about to be relieved of his func tions, and replaced by M. Rozoow. The Treasury of the Committee of Finances has been removed to the citadel. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. -......--- BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, It.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro. rogued to Wednesday, the 13th day of January instant, We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby pub lish end declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said 13th January instant, to Thursday, the 4th day of February next; and We have given order to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly : and We do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare Our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday, the 4th day of February next, assemble and be hoiden for the de spatch of divers urgent and important affairs: and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the 4th day of Feb ruary next. Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this 7th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 18G1, and in the 27th or Oar reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. DEATH OF THE DEAN OF CORK.—The Cork Ex aminer announces the death of Dean Newman, of Cork, which took place at the Deanery-house, St. Pinbar's, on Tuesday afternoon. _ _ _ THE CITY POLlCE.—Yesterday this body of men appeared in their new winter clothing. A. comfortable and becoming feature in the uniform this cold and inclement weather is the addition of antigropelos or leather leggings, similar to those worn by some of the volunteers. THE GREAT DOOR OF THE CAPITOL, WASH INGTON, which has been in hand for several years, has been delivered, and is expected soon to fill its place in the palace of the Federal Legislature. It was designed by Mr. R. Rogers, an American artist of Rome, is of bronze, and its decoration illustrates the history of Columbus. CERVANTES.—A literary relic of Cervantes, which if genuine is of the highest value and interest, has been discovered at Madrid. It is a poetical epistle, hitherto en tirely unknown, from Cervantes, when a captive at Algiers, to Matteo Vasquez, Secretary of State to King Philip the Second. ANGLO LATIN WoßDS.—About one-third of the words to be found in English dictionaries are de rived from Latin and Greek primitives. They are nearly 13,000 in number, and spring from 154 ancient roots. Thus from capio and captum, we have 197 words ; from duco and ductum, 156 ; from fero and latum, 198 ; from mitt° and missum, 174; from plico, 200 ; from pono andposituna, 250; from specio, 177; from teneo and tentum, ICIB ; and from Lento and tensuns, 162. CONVICTION AND SENTENCE OF FOI7R PUGI LISTS.--At St. Alban's Sessions yesterday, James Tyson, Daniel Morris, Joseph Goss, William Evans (other wise known as William Broome), and John Coney, pleaded. guilty to an indictment for unlawfully and riotously assem bling and disturbing the peace, and were bound over in the sum of £5O, and two sureties of £25 each, or one surety of £5O, to keep the peace for 12 months. The necessary bail was duly entered into, and the defendants left the court, and soon after the town. CANADIAN MAIL—The Canadian mnil steamer Damascus sailed yesterday fror:i Liverpool for Portland with the Canadian mails. Besides these she also touk cut about 70 passengers and a fair amount of cargo. BLACKBERRIES IN JANUARY.—It is a remark able fact that ripe blackberries are now freqnently to be found in the hedge-rows in this part of Devonshire and the borders of Somerset. On the last day of the old year a youth called Nelder, of this town, picked a very fine bunch of ripe blackberries on Exater-hill ; and on New Year's-day several blackberries and a fine bunch of ripe ones were also found in the hedge-rows near the Ottery-road station of the South-Western Railway Com pany.-21-vertots Gazette. THE mien EXODUS.—.-Whatever msy have been the former sins of some Irish landlords, there is no reason to accuse that class of being accessory to the con tinued emigration of the last few years. In 1849, more than 72,000 persons were evicted from their dwellings, of whom a large proportion doubtless left Ireland ; but in 1859 there were but 491 cases of eviction, affecting in all 2,348 persons, so that, even if every one of them emigrated, this cause goes but a little way towards accounting for the departure of more than 80,000 persons in the latter year. A notable event took place at Olduam on Mon day. About 8,000 persons were "teed" and feted by Mr. John Platt, of the Hartford New Iron Works, in celebration of his eldest eon attaining his majority. The festivities were held in the works, which were specially fitted up, and the amount of provisions consumed would have stocked a large retail establishment. There was a ball in the evening, and an address to Mr. Platt. BUSINESS IN TILE COMMON LAW COURTS.—The arrears in the common law courts on Monday, w h en term commences, will number 146 rules, &c. In the Queen's Bench, 68 ; in the Common Pleas, 44. ; and in the Exche quer, 36. The Precursore of Palermo states that at a meeting held by the radical society called the Plebiscite, it .1 was resolved to invite the memb ers of the Left in the Italian Chamber to resign their seats en masse. SNOW-STORM IN NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA. — More snow has already fallen in Colorado than was ever known to fall an entire -season before. At Denver the thermometer stood 14 degrees below zero on the morning of the 27th of November. The Atchinson Champion learns from passengers who arrived on the overland coach on Sun day that the snow is also four feet deep between Denver and Rock Creek. All along the route from here to Salt Lake the cattle belonging b trains are dying from cold and starvation. The depth of the snow has greatly impeded the progress of the overland stages, and in some instances they I have been delayed for several days.—St. Joseph 21'ews, Dec. 8. FlP.ES.—Several fir es happsned yesterday in various parts of the metropolitan district at which the London brigade and parish engines attended. One was in the premises belonging to Mr. Spillan, a bnitder, in Ilughes's-fields, Deptford , which destroyed a range of tim ber buildings, Wyld's-court, Wyld-street, Lincoln's-inn fields. As in the former case the workshops and stores were destroyed. and the adjoining premises damaged by fire, water, and removal. Both sufferers were insured. The other fires were of minor importance, the damage at each being trifling. THE INCENDIARY FIRES UPON THE YORKSHIRE WoLDS.—The mystery which has surrounded the dastarly incendiarisims which have been !perpetrated upon the Yorkshire Welds is likely soon to bs solved. Since about the middle of December last, when the frequency of the fires, occurring as they did in three distinct places in one night, was beginning to give a serious aspect to affairs, Lord Wenlock, the vice-lieutenant of the East Hiding, with a promptness and energy which characterise every thing he takes in hand, set to work to solve that which had hitherto puzzled the ingenuity of all the ordinary con stabulary which had been employed on the Welds. His lordship ',communicated with Government, and obtained the:offer from them of a reward of £5O for the apprehension of an one of the incendiaries, and the use of a metropolitan and a couple of provincial detective officers. These officers, in company with Col. Layerd (chief constable of the riding), visited the scenes of the fires. Every rumour was probed, and for a time unsuccessfully ; but a few days ago their tact and energy were rewarded by the apprehension of a man charged with setting fire to the stacks at Huggate. This man was brought before the magistrates ao Pock lington, on SoMrday last, but was remanded till to-mor row (Saturday). Ile is a travelling sweep, who goes about the Weld district of the East Riding. On the nigt before the fire he went into the farmyard of Mr. Hoch of Huggate, and asked one of the servants if their least: stacks were watched. He was allowed to sleep in the barn that night, as he had frequently done before. On the lowing day day ho was about the village, and about 5 o'clock went into the house of a cottager to whom ho was known, and asked for some matches. The woman at the cottage asked hi m if he had heard of any ef the fires latelyto which he r:plied, " No, but you will have one in Hirgate to- But he answered " Yes, thus far elicited. On 'Wednesday another man was appre as an incendiary, and it is llliagthnt.d"etetTnseadiduconNi°t.u"s'nT6hei: is the zest of tho evidence hended at Norton, near Valton, presumed that he trill be bronght mil along wit's `lns r_ewc - r, —.Leeds Mercury. use 10 6 , ,0' Pt. SSE 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 . 100 2 all 140 100 ME 1061 1011